CPython vs libstdc++

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Fri Jul 12 02:06:00 GMT 2019


On 7/11/19 12:13 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> I have been investigating a mysterious problem with Python extension
> modules that use C++ internally.  If I'm right about the cause, I
> suspect that it can't be fixed without changes to the dynamic linker,
> and I think we may need to have a dialogue between Python core
> maintainers and GNU toolchain maintainers to figure out what Python
> wants to be possible and how much of that is feasible for GCC and
> glibc to support.

I agree completely.

I try to stay integrated into Python (manylinux issues), Ruby (malloc
issues), llvm lld (CET markup), and other toolchain issues and
language issues.

Do you have a bug # or something where we can discuss the issue
upstream with the Python developers in question?

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.

P.S.
Makes me think of this:
https://www.slideshare.net/StefanusDuToit/cpp-con-2014-hourglass-interfaces-for-c-apis



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